yeah over water brings bugs, evil. heh. yeah im just gonna use what i can get local. so we see what i can find when i go get it.
at least the clonex people refunded my money. still cant believe how people thinks shit can survive the mail system.. with out some kind of protection. hah
chris.
jipp imho, you would do well to follow kieks advice re: soil. Not difficult to do. I use a super soiled based growing medium. The best soil ever! If you plan on growing in soil?
A very good choice for just a plain soil is as I said before is plain pro-mix. They make different types, but stick with plain pro-mix. Only contains peat moss and perlite. Then build the soil with that. Then you know what you are working with. There are many soil mixes available, out there that you can mix 1/2 and 1/2 to start. That's another alternative.
You must have a very good soil, no exceptions. Another thing you must factor in is your water. It may contain minerals and or salts that could effect the plant at a cellular level, causing lock out of nutes that will devastate your grow. I learned that the hard way. Yes I am preaching, lol, but for your best interest.
Keep it basic and build on that.
I don't know a thing about other growing systems like hydro, coco.
All growing methods have pros and cons, and will drive you crazy because every bay it seems a new miracle product comes out that does this or that. I have a shelf full of it.
I think some of it helps but it is basically all the same thing or do the same... IMO.
Which way you choose to go is your choice, and someone here I am sure will help you every step of the way.
I know you will be successful, if you start out slow ,small and build from that.